shotgunned

verb

Definition of shotgunnednext
past tense of shotgun
as in fired (at)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shotgunned
  1. peppered
  2. destroyed
  3. blazed
  4. dispatched
Verb
  • Hash browns, smothered and peppered.
    Matthew Glowicki, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Though the year has ended well with Madrid's improved standing in the title race, plus clinching the Intercontinental Cup at Pachuca's expense in Qatar earlier this week, there was a rough patch earlier in the current campaign peppered by defeats both domestically and in the Champions League.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of peppered
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  • Almost all of Gaza’s other schools are either shuttered, destroyed or have been converted into shelters for the displaced.
    Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Daley wasn’t interested, knowing that in certain white neighborhoods, those signs would be defaced or destroyed.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of destroyed
Verb
  • The Franklin fire in Malibu, California, has blazed through six miles, prompting thousands of evacuation orders.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The Franklin fire in Malibu, California, has blazed through six miles, prompting thousands of evacuation orders.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of blazed
Verb
  • This scene offers a different take on Metal, showing that there is an entire army of Metal Sonics, but they all get dispatched rather easily, after a surprise appearance from Amy, wielding her signature hammer.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • There, a young real-estate agent named Thomas Hutter (played by Nicholas Hoult) is dispatched by his boss, Herr Knock (Simon McBurney), to a castle in Transylvania, to conclude the sale of a decrepit manor in Wisburg to the mysterious, reclusive Count Orlok.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of dispatched
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